Why?
Why?
Why am I alive?
I sense there is no meaning
I don’t want to die and yet death simply has no meaning for me anymore
I sense a sense of existentialism
Why am I alive?
There is no purpose to me
I have no happiness, no purpose worth living . . .
I look around and life is bleak
Outside the window
The sky is grey there are no clouds
Why am I alive?
I’ve been taught life is a stressful loop
Constantly overwhelemed
N0 breaks . . . no happiness
I’m sorry if it’s bleak
Yet it’s all I can truly be
Why am I alive?
I’m not successful or special
I don’t succeed amazingly at something in particular
I have no special skill
Nothing that recognizes me
I’m not an amazing singer or dancer
I’m not incredibly smart or obedient
I struggle to follow even the most basic of terms
Why am I alive?
I don’t want to hurt myself or anything
I know that, I don’t have any self-harm ideas
But I recognize that
the truth to my question hurts
There is no reason . . .
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